The Michael Clark Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Michael Clark Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Witham. It was registered in August 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Michael Clark Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £9,821, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £4,356 to £13k (+199%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 240%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Michael Clark Charitable Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kramer Charitable Trust (£13k), The Pilgrim Shed (£13k) and Rotary District 1200 Emergency Volunteer Action Group Trust (£13k).